Table 6 |
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Linear regression analysis of serum transthyretin and short-term use of wireless telephones |
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Group |
n |
Standardized β coefficient |
95% CI |
p |
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Minutes of use on the day of giving blood |
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|
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Mobile telephones |
163 |
0.01 |
-0.13 to 0.14 |
0.94 |
|
|
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|
-Men |
85 |
0.001 |
-0.22 to 0.22 |
0.99 |
|
|
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|
-Women |
78 |
0.03 |
-0.20 to 0.25 |
0.82 |
|
|
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|
|
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|
DECT |
99 |
-0.03 |
-0.21 to 0.15 |
0.72 |
|
|
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|
-Men |
41 |
0.01 |
-0.32 to 0.34 |
0.97 |
|
|
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|
-Women |
58 |
-0.07 |
-0.33 to 0.19 |
0.59 |
|
|
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|
|
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Minutes from last use – blood sampling |
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|
|
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|
|
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Mobile telephones + DECT |
205 |
-0.11 |
-0.23 to 0.01 |
0.06 |
|
|
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|
-Men |
98 |
-0.07 |
-0.27 to 0.14 |
0.51 |
|
|
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|
-Women |
107 |
-0.21 |
-0.40 to -0.02 |
0.03 |
|
|
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|
|
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|
-Mobile telephones |
159 |
-0.08 |
-0.21 to 0.06 |
0.25 |
|
|
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|
-Men |
82 |
0.04 |
-0.18 to 0.26 |
0.72 |
|
|
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|
-Women |
77 |
-0.25 |
-0.47 to -0.03 |
0.03 |
|
|
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|
|
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|
-DECT |
97 |
-0.12 |
-0.30 to 0.06 |
0.20 |
|
|
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|
-Men |
40 |
-0.14 |
-0.47 to 0.19 |
0.40 |
|
|
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|
-Women |
57 |
-0.13 |
-0.39 to 0.13 |
0.33 |
|
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Age was adjusted for in all analyses while adjustment for sex was applied only in analyses of total samples. Data for minutes from last use of mobile telephone/DECT to blood sampling are missing for six persons (four had used a mobile telephone, two had used DECT). |
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Söderqvist et al. Environmental Health 2009 8:19 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-8-19 |
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